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SEC coaches eager to see impact of early signing period
Southeastern Conference coaches are eager to see the impact an early signing period will have on recruiting, even though a number of them were against ...
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All 13 SEC softball programs earn NCAA Tournament berths
The national championship hopes of every softball team in the Southeastern Conference remain very much alive heading into the NCAA Tournament.
by The Associated Press, Monday, May 15, 2017 9:16 pm
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House passes Confederate monuments bill
Alabama lawmakers solidified their commitment to preserving Confederate monuments after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would forbid the alteration or ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:58 pm
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Black caucus critical of districts
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have begun redrawing legislative districts that federal judges have ruled were gerrymandered along racial lines, but the House Black Caucus ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:58 pm
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Senate election moved up
The election to fill Jeff Sessions’ former U.S. Senate seat will be moved up to this year, Alabama’s new governor announced Tuesday, as she quickly ...
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:05 pm
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New governor no stranger to state politics
Within a span of minutes, Alabama’s lieutenant governor catapulted from a position of largely ceremonial duties to the state’s top political job. But new Republican ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 9:40 pm
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Bentley resigns, Ivey sworn-in as governor
By Kim Chandler and Anthony Izaguirre The Associated Press MONTGOMERY (AP) — Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday rather than face impeachment and pleaded guilty to ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, April 10, 2017 10:02 pm
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Impeachment report gives look into Alabama governor scandal
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley won a court fight to halt his looming impeachment hearings but couldn’t prevent the release of an investigative report that describes ...
by The Associated Press, Saturday, April 8, 2017 5:18 pm
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Two lawmakers propose alternative to governor’s prison bill
Two Alabama lawmakers proposed a bill on Wednesday that would serve as an alternative to the governor’s construction plan to relieve prison overcrowding.
by The Associated Press, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:37 pm
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Vote on whether to impeach Alabama governor may come quickly
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama lawmakers would decide within weeks whether to impeach Republican Gov. Robert Bentley over a sex-tinged scandal, according to a tentative schedule ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:20 pm
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Army sergeant from Selma charged with killing two soldiers
An Army sergeant from Selma has been charged in the slayings of two fellow soldiers found shot in an apartment outside Fort Stewart in southeast ...
by The Associated Press, Saturday, March 11, 2017 9:02 pm
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Alabama governor names new state attorney general
Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Steve Marshall, the long-time district attorney of Marshall County, as Alabama’s attorney general on Friday.
by The Associated Press, Friday, February 10, 2017 9:22 pm
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Bentley pushes prison plan in State of the State address
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley used his State of the State address Tuesday evening to promote his $800 million prison construction plan, saying overcrowding and understaffing ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:18 pm
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Alabama Gov. Bentley asks 4 percent raise for state workers
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley used the first day of the legislative session to propose a 4-percent pay raise for state employees, but ...
by The Associated Press, Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:16 pm
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Governor names six finalists for U.S. Senate seat
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley named six finalists Thursday for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Sessions, the nominee for attorney ...